Employees of business establishments were seen huddled together, recounting the horrific scenes after the two quick explosions claimed several lives in the area.

"Five people from my village lost their lives in these explosions. One of them had a cold drink stall near the Barakhamba Road where the first blast occurred. Rest of them used to work in the Greater Kailash area," said Niwas, an employee at the parking area in inner circle at Connaught Place, barely 100 meters from the Central Park blast site.

A resident of Giridih district in Jharkhand, he is working in Connaught Place for past ten years. Recalling his escape from deadly splinters that hit several cars, he told PTI, "I was standing behind a car and issuing parking slips.

"Soon, I heard a loud noise from the Barakhamba Road direction. Within seconds, I heard another sound in the park and saw a box flying in air.

"It was a usual weekend evening when one of my friends came running and told me about Karol Bagh blast. We were discussing about it when a loud bang was heard from the Barakhamba Road direction. We were about to close shop when the blast occurred in the park. I saw thick smoke billowing and people crying for help," he recalled.

"One of the pieces hit the shop's glass pane. You can see the marks on the tree as well," said Ved Prakash, a 55-year-old who works in a shop in the market. There were five marks of about an inch diameter on the tree trunk.